Bloggers And Citizen Journalists Protest One-sided China Press Coverage

In the months leading up to the Beijing 2008 summer Olympics media will be brimming with information fed the press by BOCOG’s (the Beijing games’ organisational committee) communications department and the Chinese propaganda machinery. Our attention towards the Tibetan uprising, now seemingly quelled, will vanish, more or less overnight, and Chinese officials, who devour bloggers for breakfast, will, once again, be granted undisturbed continuance of their inhuman practices – painted in a picturesque tableau, courtesy of the world’s “free press”.

Working With HAL 9000’s Distant Cousin

Oh, my goodness… Colours! Please forgive the distraction. It’s just that colours don’t very often appear in these parts, but let’s forget about that. While taking av few moments off work this afternoon, I watched 2010 on TCM (Turner Classic Movies), offering another glimpse of predecessor 2001: A Space Odyssey’s HAL 9000.